For over 40 years, Ceramics of Italy has been the trademark that symbolises the Italian ceramic industry both in Italy and throughout the world. It is synonymous of ceramic bearing the Made in Italy label and of the core values of our industry. It is used for all the promotional initiatives of the Association itself and the individual companies that manufacture ceramic in Italy. It now appears in the title of the advertisement campaign video that film director Francesca Molteni has been asked to produce.

In just over one minute, the video “Ceramics of Italy – Ahead of our Time” expresses, in an evocative and emotional manner, everything that only Italian-made ceramic can represent: the richness, uniqueness and beauty typical of Italian ceramic tiles (not only those made in the past, but also those produced in the modern age), and the core values of the Made in Italy label that distinguish them.

Tradition, history, culture, design, quality, beauty, product innovation and innovation of technological processes: all these values are universally attributed to the Italian ceramic industry alone.

The narration of the video explains, in an elegant, intuitive and unambiguous way, the extraordinary ability of Italian ceramic to bring together the opposites of past and future, which are represented by highly iconic landscapes (from the Mediterranean to the hills of Emilia, and finally Florence), historic ceramics and modern tiles used in major works of architecture (Hotel Parco dei Principi Gio Ponti + Dallara Parma 5+1AA + Teatro dell’Opera of Florence ABDR).

Finally, the payoff of the video: “Ahead of our Time*, a highly meaningful heading that enshrines what has always animated the very spirit of Italian creativity. According to one of the most authoritative dictionaries in the world, it means: *To have new ideas a long time before other people start to think in the same way (Collins English Dictionary)”.

This message is aimed at a North American audience and intends, in just a few seconds through a social media campaign, to promote the Italian ceramic tile industry and gain the loyalty of buyers of ‘Ceramics of Italy’, underlining that in this way “they are taking a piece of Italy home with them”.

It is the second film on ceramics directed by Francesca Molteni, who last year produced the docu- film Timeless Tiles: The Italian Legacy to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Design Competition in North America, the objective of this campaign is that of making Made in Italy ceramic more competitive at international level, focusing on its totally unique and outstanding properties.

Ceramics of Italy, promoted by CONFINDUSTRIA CERAMICA

The Italian Association of Ceramics,
is a registered trademark of Edi.Cer. Spa, the organizer of Cersaie

For information: Viale Monte Santo, 40 41049 Sassuolo MO - Italy

Tel. +39 0536 804585 - Fax +39 0536 806510
www.ceramica.info - info@ceramica.info

Ceramics of Italy are on display at CERSAIE International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings.

Promoted by Confindustria Ceramica in collaboration with BolognaFiere, organized by Edi.Cer. Spa

For information: Promos Srl Tel. +39 051 6646000 - Fax +39 051 862514
www.cersaie.it - cersaie@cersaie.it

This promotional tool goes hand-in-hand with two further projects launched by the Italian ceramic industry, in other words the video of the campaign entitled The values of Ceramic and Mater Ceramica.

The advertisement campaign ‘The values of Ceramic’ is dedicated to the great number of positive and particular aspects of the material and involves 8 video-clips that will be distributed on social media to consumers and professionals. This promotional activity was created and developed in Italy and will be distributed on the European and the US market in spring.

The Mater Ceramica project has been devised as a historical and geographical map of Italian ceramic, constructing a virtual network of the hundreds of artistic and industrial hubs that are present throughout Italy, connecting cities, areas and regions.

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